Nail-clenching tool.



PATENTED AUG. 27, 1907.

E. A. NOBLBT. NAIL GLENGHING TOOL. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13, 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NAIL-CLENCHING TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 27, 1907.

Application filed June 13, 1907. Serial No. 378,803.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that ELDmoen A. NoBLE'r, a citizen of v the United States,residing at Heavener, in the county of Leflore and Indian Territory, hasinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Nail-Clenching Tools, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a tool designed to clench horseshoe nails,after the latter are driven to fasten a shoe. j

The improvement comprises a pair of clenching jaws, and adjustable meansfor properly fitting the tool over the head of a nail which is to beclenched.

The invention also relates to the specific details of construction andarrangement of parts, to be hereinafter described, and particularlypointed out in the claims.

In the drawingFigure 1 is a view in elevation of the tool, showing itsapplication. Fig. 2 is a similar view,

- a nail having been clenched. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the tool.

The numeral 1 represents a member formed at one end with a jaw having aseat 2, for the nail head, which is slightly beveled for convenience inoperation. The member 1, is also provided with a handle, in the lowerside of which is formed a series of notches 3.

4, indicates a clenching member having an angularly disposed portion 5,formed with a slot 5, through which passes the member 1, a pin 6,extending across the slot, and engaging one of the notches 3,t0pivotally fasten the members together. The member 4, is bent at '7, toprovide a handle 8, which is substantially parallel with the handle ofmember 1. The opposite end of member l, is bent at 9, and is then bentupwardly as at 1.0, to form a clenching surface 11. The surface 11, isprovided with a series of angularly disposed teeth 12, to facilitate theclenching action when the tool is in use.

Secured by a bolt 13, to the underside of the member 1, is a springelement 14, which terminates at its free end in a vertical fork l5,straddling the seat 2. The forked ends extend up beyond the seat toengage the nail groove of a horseshoe and embrace the head of the nailto properly locate the tool when positioning it. The spring element alsoperforms the function of holding the pin 6, in one of the notches 3, andthereby prevents the displacement of the two members, at the same timeaffording a convenient means for adjusting the clencher member foroperating upon horseshoes of different sizes.

In operation the members are spaced apart, the forked ends 15, fittingin the groove of the horseshoe and embracing the head of the nail, whilethe clenching surface impinges the point of the nail on the face of the.

hoof. The tool having been located for operation, the handles of themembers are pressed together, which forces the seat upwardly against thenail head and drives it further into the hoof, and the point against theclencher surface, the latter being forced toward the nail, anddownwardly on the face of the hoof and bending or clenching the nailend. To adjust the members, the spring element is forced from the member1, when member 2, can be moved sufliciently to withdraw the pin from itsnotch, and it can be located in eithenof the other notches, whereuponthe spring element is permitted to assume normal position and will holdthe two members together.

What I claim is:

1. A tool for the purpose described, comprising two members, one ofwhich is formed with a nail seat, the other said member having a curvedserrated clenching surface, and a spring eIement forked at its end toembrace the seat and secured to one of the members, the fork of thespring member extending beyond the seat, as and for the purposedescribed.

2. A tool of the character described, comprising two members, one ofwhich is formed with a series of notches, the other said member having apin to engage one of the notches, and a spring element formed with afork to embrace one of the members, said spring element holding the pinin the notch.

A tool of the character described, comprising two members, one of whichis formed with a series of notches, the other said member having a slotthrough which the first member passes, :1 pin extending across the slot,:1 spring element fastened to the member having the notches and formedat its free end with a fork to embrace and extend beyond the edge ofsaid member.

4. A tool of the character described, comprising two members, a pin onone member engaging a notch formed on the companion member, a springelement formed with a fork which embraces and extends beyond theoperative face of one of the members, said :lfork serving as a guide forthe member it embraces when operating the tool.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

ELDRIDGE A. NOBLEL.

Witnesses J. R. OLIVE, 'l. N. WAL'rnrs.

